Although a familiar figure on concert stages and recordings with the Jan Garbarek Group, bass innovator Eberhard Weber hasn't released an album under his own name in eight years. "Endless Days", then, is long-awaited. It's also Weber's first recording as leader of a "group" in 12 years and will be hailed as a major event by ECM followers, particularly since the line-up, with bass/reeds/keyboards/drums, carries strong echoes of the halcyon days of Weber's "Colours" band. Seven new compositions by Eberhard, plus a remake of "The Last Stage of a Long Journey".